Comments on: Shot for Shot http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/ vertigo-inducing since '07 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kmiddleton http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-444 kmiddleton Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:39:08 +0000 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-444 Thanks for the shout-out, Chuck. I didn't even see the outtakes, so shame on me for being a sloppy watcher. I can see how people might take issue with mashups in the great copy debate; yet there the work seems to be such conscious juxtaposition that it feels, to some extent, LESS like copying than the shot-for-shot vid. The point for both, however, is the same: whether you mash or match, you're activating a goodly amount of film smarts. I'm off to look at the 5 Second Movies; thanks for the tip! Thanks for the shout-out, Chuck. I didn’t even see the outtakes, so shame on me for being a sloppy watcher. I can see how people might take issue with mashups in the great copy debate; yet there the work seems to be such conscious juxtaposition that it feels, to some extent, LESS like copying than the shot-for-shot vid. The point for both, however, is the same: whether you mash or match, you’re activating a goodly amount of film smarts.

I’m off to look at the 5 Second Movies; thanks for the tip!

]]> By: The Chutry Experiment » Weekend Media Links http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-442 The Chutry Experiment » Weekend Media Links Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:30:38 +0000 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-442 [...] Middleton’s “Shot for Shot,” a discussion of some shot-for-shot remakes of the SNL “Lazy Sunday” video that [...] [...] Middleton’s “Shot for Shot,” a discussion of some shot-for-shot remakes of the SNL “Lazy Sunday” video that [...]

]]> By: Chuck http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-440 Chuck Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:56:13 +0000 http://blogenabyme.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/shot-for-shot/#comment-440 This is definitely an interesting case, and the outtakes at the end actually make the point that this video is no mere copy of the "original" Lazy Sunday. I'd add that filmmakers have *always* copied each other--Scorsese lifts shots from Hitchcock. Tarantino lifts shots from Scorsese. To suggest that someone else is "stealing" here makes little sense to me. Obviously movie mashups occupy a much more tenuous place within the debates about copying. I'm particularly intrigued by the Guywiththeglasses' "5 Second Movies," which reduce Hollywood movies to five seconds (more or less). Here, even though he's using the actual film content, it really doesn't feel like copying. But I like your idea about copying and medium specificity. How do different media enact different models of "copying?" And, for the record, if I had access to enough cameras, I think this would be a great idea for students. This is definitely an interesting case, and the outtakes at the end actually make the point that this video is no mere copy of the “original” Lazy Sunday. I’d add that filmmakers have *always* copied each other–Scorsese lifts shots from Hitchcock. Tarantino lifts shots from Scorsese. To suggest that someone else is “stealing” here makes little sense to me.

Obviously movie mashups occupy a much more tenuous place within the debates about copying. I’m particularly intrigued by the Guywiththeglasses’ “5 Second Movies,” which reduce Hollywood movies to five seconds (more or less). Here, even though he’s using the actual film content, it really doesn’t feel like copying.

But I like your idea about copying and medium specificity. How do different media enact different models of “copying?” And, for the record, if I had access to enough cameras, I think this would be a great idea for students.

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